Chapter 336: Linghuan Xiangdansuo

Thump, thump, thump...

Only when the elevator started moving did Luoka's heart begin to beat violently; he turned to look at the others.

"Did you all see that? Was that Tao Baibai just now?!"

Although Luoka's sensory abilities were not particularly outstanding, he was perfectly capable of listening to the wind and identifying positions with ease, but Tao Baibai had appeared silently and with such eerie abnormality that it still managed to frighten him.

The short-haired man nodded as well, clutching his head; he did not know if it was because of the Tao Baibai who had suddenly appeared or because they had entered this obviously problematic elevator, but his 【Inspiration】 was reacting with increasing intensity, a sensation that made his nerves burn with pain and his stomach churn incessantly.

"Be careful, Tao Baibai didn't follow us, this elevator is highly likely to be problematic!"

The group all equipped themselves with items such as 【Negative Energy Protection】 and 【Holy Amulet】, remaining vigilant of their surroundings.

【Lilith】, who had previously been brought to the brink of death by a single Dodon Ray, had now recovered under the effects of holy water and healing potions, her wounds no longer bleeding with the aid of coagulant agents.

Watching the numbers on the elevator change constantly, reaching over thirty floors in the blink of an eye, perhaps because she had put some distance between herself and Tao Baibai, she snapped angrily,

"That Tao Baibai is a real animal, isn't he? In such a dangerous world, instead of thinking about Reincarnators sticking together, he actually takes the initiative to attack us. I really hope he gets killed by those filthy things..."

The others did not respond; they were tense, all staring at the walls of the elevator, especially the shattered mirror fragments, as in most supernatural scenarios, mirrors were the easiest places for filthy things to appear.

Luoka also glanced intentionally or otherwise at those mirror fragments, but suddenly, his eyes flickered and he crouched down; beneath those broken mirror fragments were quite a few small cards, likely blocked by the mirror before.

With his gun still pointed at the mirror, Luoka stepped on one with his toe and quickly hooked it, bringing the card before him; he put away the gun in his left hand and caught the card. It was an exquisitely printed business card, with the large characters 【Linghuan Xiangdansuo】 written on the front and a phone number left on the back.

His heart stirred, as if he had gained some courage out of thin air, and his tone rose uncontrollably.

"I think I've found the solution to this mission!"

No matter how dangerous a mission was, Reincarnators always believed in the Space's first principle: that it would never throw Reincarnators into a place with zero chance of survival.

Even if the Space could not foresee that the powerful Tao Baibai would be dropped into the same place as them, and that he would not only fail to help them but instead start hunting them;

The Space would certainly have considered how they should leave this place, assuming Tao Baibai escaped alone or died unexpectedly.

Judging from the fact that they had been trapped in this special location and unable to escape, there must be something here that possessed spell-side abilities superior to those of 【Lilith】 and 【Short-haired man】.

At this moment, upon seeing this business card, Luoka had not only found some background information on this world but also a way to escape.

As long as they could contact Reigen Arataka, or to be precise, contact Reigen Arataka's apprentice Kageyama Shigeo, then neither this eerie supernatural location nor that Tao Baibai would be a problem anymore!

"Hey, 【Geek】, look at this!"

He handed the card to a man in a hoodie in the middle of the team; the man was wearing special goggles, his expression tense as he kept watching their surroundings.

This world was not very Friendly to him; he was a purely technological-side Reincarnator, and these glasses combined infrared, thermal sensing, and various other visual capabilities, but they had no effect on supernatural phenomena.

He looked down at the card, his face lighting up with joy, and he immediately took a satellite phone-like item from his Backpack.

He was an electric wave-type Ability User, but his strength was only at the 【Lv2 Yinnengli Zhe】 level; this 【Lv2】 was not a proficiency level but represented his computing power, meaning this so-called Superpower did not actually possess direct offensive capabilities.

He had to rely on items to make this ability useful.

He could use the enhancement of items to convert his electric waves into various communication signals, used for eavesdropping, anti-eavesdropping, and even communicating directly across any world.

At this very moment, this ability seemed to have become their straw to clutch at.

Beep~ beep~

After the call went out, everyone subconsciously leaned toward the Geek; they were all longing for a Plot Character who could save them to appear.

Accompanied by a click, the call was successfully connected, and because of the existence of language comprehension, the Geek immediately said simply and clearly,

"Is this Mr. Reigen Arataka? We have a commission here, please, you must come to save us—no, you must arrange for Kageyama Shigeo to save us, we can give any reward..."

His tone was urgent, and the others were also waiting for the response from the phone.

"..."

The other end of the phone was silent for a moment, and accompanied by heavy breathing that sounded like a bellows being pulled, the person replied,

"You have the wrong person; Reigen Arataka is just a fraud."

"Kageyama Shigeo..."

Beep, beep...

The phone was hung up, and the group felt a chill in their hearts; although they did not understand what had happened, it was clear that seeking help from Reigen Arataka and Kageyama Shigeo had failed.

Luoka suddenly thought of something—there were so many cards, it was impossible for them all to be Reigen Arataka's business cards; there must be others here!

His mind stirred, and he immediately lowered his head to pick them up, but just as he reached behind the mirror to retrieve them, through the reflection of the broken mirror shards, he saw the elevator was still ascending.

A chill suddenly rose from his tailbone, and his whole body stiffened.

"How many floors does this hospital have in total?"

The short-haired man's scalp also exploded at the same time, and he turned to look at the elevator floor display; the highest floor was clearly only 38, but at this moment, the elevator floor display had already reached 127 and was still rising.

Luoka grabbed the nearest blue business card, his entire being tense to the extreme.

"Why aren't you continuing to call for help?"

Still in that tone mixed with anger, Lilith seemed to still be furious about Tao Baibai attacking her.

The short-haired man realized something was wrong; the timid Lilith could never have been cursing Tao Baibai in the elevator, as her personality should have been one of relief that she had survived.

It was even more impossible for her to be asking them angrily why they weren't continuing to seek help under the current circumstances.

He felt icy all over; even though he knew he shouldn't turn back at a time like this, he still uncontrollably turned his head to look at Lilith.

He saw her long black hair draped over her face, her complexion pale, and her eyes exposed from within the strands of hair, staring straight at him.

The short-haired man's pupils shrank, his body completely stiffened, and he couldn't even move his fingers.

【You have suffered a curse: Deadly Grudge of the Dead】

【Performing immunity check】

【Check failed】

Bang!

Blood splattered onto the short-haired man's face; he suddenly regained his ability to move, feeling as if all the muscles in his body were being torn apart. He gasped for air, seeing that it was Luoka who had fired his gun and blown "Lilith's" head apart.

"Thank goodness... thank goodness I have you, Luoka, otherwise I..."

Bang, bang, bang!

Before the short-haired person could react, the protective talisman in front of them meant to block ranged attacks lit up; Luoka's face was pale, eyes staring fixedly at a certain spot, fingers already clamped tight on the trigger.

Bullets immediately ricocheted everywhere inside the elevator.

The geek didn't react at all, merely instinctively lowering his body to huddle in a corner; seeing many business cards on the floor, he could only grab one at random to continue making a call.

He didn't even look at the agency name on the business card, dialing the number on the back directly.

Beep~ beep~ click.

"Hello, this is Ayase Seiko, a... medium."

——

"Look, you didn't get on the elevator with those idiots; isn't that a good thing?"

Bai Cangshu looked at the female Reincarnator who was about to be scared to tears by him, bending down to look down at her; the smile on his face did not alleviate Lilith's tension in the slightest, and she was so stiff that she didn't even dare to deploy her Barrier.

She was terrified that if she made any movement, the man before her would kill her.

It was the first time Bai Cangshu had seen such a timid Reincarnator, and he spoke with great interest:

"Shouldn't you be taking out all your assets right now, begging me to spare your life?"

Through the woman's line of sight, Bai Cangshu turned his head to look at the poster on the side of the elevator hall, which had flamboyant text written on it.

【If disaster strikes, please call a hero—Fubuki Hero Agency】

The poster used the largest space to display a photo of a beautiful woman.

Subtle electric currents flowed continuously through the air, and as Bai Cangshu's heart contracted, that current flowed through his entire body; he focused his gaze on this woman whose abdomen had been pierced by his Dodon Ray.

Suddenly, he heard the voice in her heart.

"If only a hero could really come to save me..."

"Saitama or Tatsumaki, anyone will do, hurry and come save me!"

Bai Cangshu pressed his hand onto the woman's head and lifted her up gently.

"You are actually praying for a hero to save you; tsk, are you really a Reincarnator?"

Boom!

A violent explosion came from the elevator shaft; amidst the noisy environment, Bai Cangshu accurately captured the sound of the call, and also heard a new name.

Subsequently, he had more guesses about the composition of this world.

Superpower, monster, hero, ghost, specter...

What a messy world this really is.

(End of chapter)